Mads Syndergaard

Thermalling at the Swiss Paragliding Open 2020. Photo: Andy Busslinger

How to thermal better

To learn to fly faster, paraglider pilots need to learn to maximise their climbing speed. Mads Syndegaard shares some tips
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The Head Game: Understanding free-flight psychology

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Paragliding psychology

The Head Game: The psychology behind the sport

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The World Paragliding Series

World Paragliding Series: First event cancelled

The newly-formed World Paragliding Series has cancelled its first event
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Mads World: World Paragliding Series Q&A

In March after "immense deliberation" competition pilot Mads Syndergaard bit the bullet and launched his very own Open Class paragliding competition series. We asked him how it's going
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Tuesday Tip: Prepare for Success

Today's Tuesday Tip comes from Mads Syndergaard, who writes a regular column in Cross Country magazine. He is the author of Flying Rags for Glory, a book dedicated to competition paragliding.
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What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?

In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads leaves

The morning meeting is just over, and as expected most teams were for continuing the event.
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Our darkest day

Mads Syndergaard reports from Piedrahita, where two pilots died during task 2 on Wednesday 6 July
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Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1: Mads makes 70km…

Keen readers will have worked out that I didn't make goal today, writes Mads Syndergaard
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